Mizzi Günther

Who was Mizzi Günther?

Mizzi Günther was a Bohemian-Viennese operetta soprano.

Günther was born in Varnsdorf, Bohemia. Her debut was in 1897 in Hermannstadt, now Sibiu, in Romania. She achieved stardom in Vienna in 1901 as O Mimosa San in The Geisha. She subsequently sang in England, France and Russia.

She created the title roles of Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow in 1905 and Leo Fall's Die Dollarprinzessin, also appearing in the premieres of Fall's Die fidele Bauer and Emmerich Kálmán's Der kleine König. She died in Vienna, Austria.